Transition towards and of sustainability—Understanding sustainability as performative

Our purpose is to explore the concept of “sustainability” when understood from a performative perspective, i.e. as that filled with meaning across time. Drawing on 10 year-long study digital footprint Stockholm Royal Seaport, claimed be northern Europe's largest sustainable urban development district, we show emerged project became associated particular places, projects, histories, and technologies. This means was local in it situated spatial context project; temporal time; political expressed values perspectives. The contributes explaining why remains—and always will remain—a contested concept, which sustainability transitions are complex. Consequently, suggest transition towards involves sustainability, something needs acknowledged order for actually become sustainable.